Brisket @ Texas BBQ Joints RIP?

[jfmorris]

Would clod be done shredded, like pulled pork, or sliced? Just wondering...

I haven't found clod around here before, sure it can be ordered somewhere though...

[jfmorris]

MsTwiggy agreed! And now I love to toss some good sausage on the kamado to smoke when smoking ribs, butts or brisket. Smoking and letting the sausage dry a bit just adds a whole different flavor dimension to it. Even a bratwurst turns into a fantastic smoked treat in an hour or two.

[hoovarmin]

Steve, we are willing to have the tough conversations here in the interest of the greater good.

[Troutman]

So arguing over Arby’s and blow up dolls. And I thought I lived a shallow life 😵💫

[hoovarmin]

I hope I didn't offend your special lady friend! I just didn't realize she went that far back!

[Panhead John]

😂😂😂……..If you had any sense at all, you’d know we watch reruns of Mannix.

[hoovarmin]

Panhead John lol, I have! Even sat around my own table and told me that my brisket was the best they'd ever had while I shook my head. I just have never been as impressed with brisket as with cuts of beef I like better. I'm not saying Arby's makes good brisket, just that they serve more brisket across the nation every day that all the bbq restaurants in TX combined do in a month, so I figured that must be part of the reason the price has gone up and up.

[Panhead John]

Arby’s and brisket?! Don’t even belong in the same sentence! You just ain’t had any good Texas brisket my friend!

[hoovarmin]

I do not enjoy brisket enough to care. It's one of those things that, after I pulled it off a few times I could be honest and say that I just don't get the hype at all. But I always thought the brisket prices were because of Arby's, so what do I know?

[Jkahnert]

So you are saying the article below is a lie? I may be stupid but the list looks pretty comprehensive to me.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/12/heres-the-inflation-breakdown-for-november-2023-in-one-chart.html

[Panhead John]

I think brisket is too ingrained in Texas BBQ to go away, people would riot! 🤓

[TripleB]

That is interesting. I'm not from Texas, but the BBQ books and articles I have read that before brisket, it was shoulder clod that was served at Texas BBQ. LBJ's legendary BBQ event served shoulder clod. Now they're looking at shoulder clod as a solution. Just coming back around full circle.

[Bob K]

WSJ had a great write up last week on your point re pork industry. Basically, demand is down over past 20 years due to consumers equating with chicken (thanks to effective but now-regretted marketing campaign "other white meat") - but chicken is much cheaper. That demand problem is coupled with oversupply due to huge "improvements" in efficiency to meet Chinese demand after swine flu, but China producers have now recovered. Opposite situation of beef - supply outstripping demand

[MsTwiggy]

The sausage is my favorite because it is good and comparatively cheap 🔥🔥🐿️

[texastweeter]

Shoulder clod has been presented as a solution at some places. Not sure the economics of it though. I will say that the collusion thing might well indeed be real. Look what happened to Bo and Pilgrims Pride.